Plouvien
Commune
The parish church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Plouvien
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Coordinates: 48°31′49″N 4°27′06″W / 48.5303°N 4.4517°W / 48.5303; -4.4517
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Plabennec
Intercommunality	Pays des Abers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Oldani[1]
Area 1	33.70 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	3,892
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29209 /29860
Elevation	0–89 m (0–292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouvien (French pronunciation: [pluvjɛ̃]; Breton: Plouvien) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist and writer Jean Bothorel was born in Plouvien on 12 May 1940.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouvien are called in French Plouviennois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 24 May 2007.

In 2008, 7.54% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[4]